Evaluation of the Carers in Employment (CiE) project

Part of Carers

Helping carers to stay in, or return to, employment

Technology changing lives: how technology can support the goals of the Care Act

Reports on the key messages from a roundtable discussion on technology in social care and how it can help support the goals of the Care Act. The event was jointly hosted by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and the Department of Health and is one of a series of roundtable discussions exploring how to improve care and support at a time of growing demand, demographic change and financial constraint. Key messages from the event are reported, and include: the need to establish a national and local vision; use technology to solve a specific problem; the need to test and co-produce technological and digital solutions with people who use services and carers; the need to develop knowledge and skills in the social care sector; the importance of digital inclusion; the role of technology in data-sharing and decision-making. The report includes summaries of presentations from Jon Rouse, Keith Spink, Baroness Martha Lane-Fox, Jim Thomas, Madeline Starr and Charlotte Black. The roundtable has also used to help inform the thinking of the National Information Board.

Telecare - providing more personalised care

This film is for health and social care commissioners, and people thinking about using telecare for their support needs and their supporters. It demonstrates a range of the available technology and shows how it has helped to maintain people’s independence, reducing their reliance on carers.

Telecare - the ethical debate

This video for social care commissioners and staff describes some of the ethical concerns of using telecare and offers practical advice about overcoming them and ensuring people who use it gain the maximum benefit offered by telecare technology.

Ethical issues in the use of telecare

This report explores the complex ethical issues surrounding the commissioning and provision of telecare and the difficult decisions that professionals may face.

Ethical issues in the use of telecare

Briefing looking at the ethical issues which local strategies and protocols should reflect and which practitioners should think about when supporting people to use telecare services.

SCIE research briefing 28: assistive technology and older people

SCIE Research briefings